The Happy Prince Sara

The Happy Prince – The Selfish Giant A Class Project

Sara Menacho 1ºB IES Cristo Del Rosario – Zafra (Badajoz) 12/02/2013

INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: The happy prince - The Selfish Giant Author: Oscar Wilde Publishing House: Black cat, Vicens Vives.

Main Characters: The happy prince: is a statue of a happy price, he is covered with gold, he has two blue sapphieres for eyes and on his sword there is a big red ruby.

The little swallow: it’s a little swallow but with a big heart, he fly to Egypt with his friends.

The Selfish Giant: he is very tall and big, and very selfish with the children.

Summary The Happy Prince: In this history, the statue of the happy prince is very sad and alone. One day a little swallow approached him and he talked to it. They spoke and together helped poor people. The little swallow took parts from the prince’s body and gave it to the poors persons. At the end, the little swallow died and the prince’s heart broke. An angel took them to a paradise much better, where the swallow can sing and the prince can live forever.

Personal Opinion: I like this history because is very nice and teaches that we must have a good heart.

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The Selfish Giant: Once upon a time a selfish giant had a beautiful garden where the children went to play every day when he go away. There always were spring. He was very unfriendly and one day he builded a wall to stop the children play in his garden and always was winter. He felt very alone and one day there were a hole in the wall and the children go back to the garden. He notices that they were happy and was spring again. So he let the children play and was happy. Finally the giant died under a tree.

Personal Opinion: this is a very beautiful history and I learned that is better be good than selfish.

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VOCABULARY CHART Name:

Class:

Title:

WORD

Date: Chapter:

MEANING

SENTENCE

drop

gota

-A drop fell on the floor

tomb

tumba

-We found the skeleton in the tomb.

heart

corazon

-My heart is broken

tears

lagrimas

-The tears stream down my face.

swallow

golondrina

-We heard sing the swallow

roar

rugir

-The lions roar at night.

firewood

le単a

-There are firewood in the park.

puddle

charco

-I step on a puddle.

nest

nido

-The birds are in the nest.

shappire

zafiro

-The shappire was very expensive.

misery

miseria

-Poor people live in misery.

leaf

hoja

-The leaf fell from the tree.

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VOCABULARY CHART Name:

Class:

Title:

Date: Chapter:

WORD

MEANING

SENTENCE

dull

apagado, sombrio -The street was very dull.

laugh

reir

-I laugh with the joke.

caps

gorras

-He’s wearing caps.

peach

melocoton

-I like peach very much.

ogre

ogro

-The ogre is horrible.

stones

piedras

-I stumbled with stones.

cloak

capa

-She is wearing a cloak.

builds

construir

-He builds a house with sand.

climb

escalar

-He climbed the tree.

knock down

destruir

-The tsunami knock down the city.

playground

patio de recreo

-The children are in the playground.

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VOCABULARY CHART Name:

Class:

Title:

WORD

Date: Chapter:

MEANING

SENTENCE

axe

hacha

-The woodcutter cut the tree with the axe.

wall

muro

-The wall separates the houses.

enormous

enorme

-The giant looks enormous.

wounds

heridas

-The wounds hurt in the body.

marks

marcas

-These are some marks of wounds.

nails

clavos

-He used nails for the construction.

kneels

arrodillarse

-She kneels for pray.

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